Example sentences of "and [pron] [verb] [pn reflx] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Father appeared above me on the top step and I wrenched myself out of the man 's nasty fingers . |
| 2 | ‘ As my mother no longer had means to live , she died ; and I took myself off to the south in search of more sunshine and a master who asked no questions . ’ |
| 3 | Jack , Willy , Rex and I took ourselves off to the Lamb Inn for lunch and put away as much ale and steak and kidney pie as four young men could desire . |
| 4 | I howl , and I throw myself down on the floor . |
| 5 | I 've been a man in total control all my life , and I find myself out of control around you . |
| 6 | Yes a row of houses and of course when I saw I looked out the door and there was this plane swooping down like that and it seemed so low because they were aiming an and the bomb fell in the cattle market and , and I threw myself on to the stone floor , you see , and er and presently one of the ambulance men came round to my office door and he said , are you alright ? |
| 7 | A country with a population of 1.2 billion and which shut itself off from world trade and investment is rushing to join the market economy . |
| 8 | Ahmed : When you are Black and gay and you open yourself up to the realities and contradictions inherent in this combined identity , it provides a better basis for understanding other people 's experience , both intellectually and intuitively . |
| 9 | Ruth saw thrown spears hang in the air as if floating in water , and she thrust herself down into the grass , her face in her hands so as not to see any more . |
| 10 | Jamie 's prophetic words floated back to her and she flung herself on to the bed , staring at nothing , her body rigid with the tension of a woman in the grip of violent , unsated desire . |
| 11 | Her eyes drifted shut and she gave herself up to the kiss 's magic , her own lips even more gentle and tentative than his . |
| 12 | His lips seemed to draw out from her all that was sweet , all that was female , and she gave herself up to the moment with an abandon that shocked her . |
| 13 | There was a long moment when she strove to clutch on to her dwindling resistance , then something seemed to make it snap , and she gave herself up to the delicious agony of his touch , helpless in his smouldering embrace . |
| 14 | She could feel the great flight of the dragon and sensed that she was high in air and travelling fast towards the sunset ; she could feel the great muscles of the dragon 's wings send ripplings down the stomach walls and she gave herself over to death . |
| 15 | The single door beside her slid open , and she pushed herself out of the carriage . |
| 16 | He passed a mug to her and she propped herself up on the pillows to accept it . |
| 17 | But this merely brings back the idea of particulars as distinct from qualities or ( mere ) configurations of qualities , and we find ourselves up against the very difficulties the theory was trying to eliminate . |
| 18 | And he flung himself down on his bed , his hands over his ears . |
| 19 | There was a legless young man on a cushioned board to which roller-skates had been fitted , and he propelled himself along with hands encased in old cigar-boxes . |
| 20 | And he signs himself off from systematic criticism . |
| 21 | No , he was n't , because his head came up and he threw himself back on the ground behind him and he was rolling around in a heap of laughter . |
| 22 | Just as Christ also loved the church , and he gave himself up for it . |
| 23 | But , like Horsley , Everett was immediately infected by the challenge of the project and the admirable enthusiasm which it represented , and he put himself out on a limb to help . |
| 24 | There was no night-porter , but he had a key and he let himself in to the deserted lobby . |
| 25 | Ages seemed to pass although it was only moments , until a pollen-laden grass flower tickled his nose and he sneezed himself back to life again . |
| 26 | The cigarette glowed again in the dark , and he hitched himself up on one elbow and ground it out on the earth . |